The Celestial Hierarchy

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Christian theological treatise mystical treatise religious text work of Christian angelology

The Celestial Hierarchy is a foundational Christian mystical and theological treatise that systematically outlines the ranks and functions of angels within a structured heavenly order.

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The Celestial Hierarchy canonical 1
the Empyrean 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological treatise ⓘ
mystical treatise ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
work of Christian angelology ⓘ
aimsTo explain ranks and functions of angels ⓘ
show order of heavenly beings ⓘ
attributedTo Dionysius the Areopagite NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn biblical angelic references ⓘ
circulatedIn Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
cosmologicalView hierarchical universe ⓘ
dateWritten early 6th century ⓘ
late 5th century ⓘ
defines nine orders of angels ⓘ
describes Angels ⓘ
Archangels NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cherubim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dominions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Principalities NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seraphim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thrones NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virtues ⓘ
genre theological discourse ⓘ
treatise ⓘ
hasCommentaryBy John Scotus Eriugena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ
inCollectionWith The Divine Names NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Mystical Theology NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Bonaventure NERFINISHED ⓘ
Byzantine theology ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western angelology ⓘ
medieval Christian theology ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
partOf Corpus Dionysiacum NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
subject angelic hierarchy ⓘ
angels ⓘ
heavenly orders ⓘ
mystical theology ⓘ
teaches three triads of angels ⓘ
theologicalFocus mediation between God and creation ⓘ
participation in divine light ⓘ
tradition Christian Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Christian mysticism ⓘ
usesMethod allegorical interpretation of Scripture ⓘ
symbolic exegesis ⓘ

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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite → authorOf → The Celestial Hierarchy ⓘ
Paradiso → depicts → The Celestial Hierarchy ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Empyrean